Children Quote by Maya Angelou

“If children are encouraged at this stage, receiving praise for their accomplishments, they will start to exhibit industry by being thorough, and persisting through…

— Nancy Sander

Children may not inherit their parents' talent,but they absorb their values.

— Anonymous

“What on earth would make someone a nonlearner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just…

— Carol S. Dweck

If children can't handle competition when it's necessary, or take some criticism, or never strive to be better because their parents inadvertently programmed them…

— LZ Granderson

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

— Rita Dove

There are so many instances where kids who have talent and intellect have to navigate the world of low expectations and resources. We have…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Every kid thinks they have something special about themselves. Every adult thinks they have a big idea at some point in their life. Rather…

— Mark Cuban

Rather than pushing children to think like adults, we might do better to remember that they are great learners and to try harder to…

— Seymour Papert

“Most of our children are not prodigies, or even particularly gifted in any one field, but they all have the potential to shine as…

— Barbara Lourie Sand

Children who know that they have something to offer others will learn that they can shape the world around them for the better.

— Eric Greitens

If we don't give kids the opportunity to fail when they're growing up, and to fail productively, to fail creatively, that they're going to…

— Paul Tough

Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its…

— James Agee